Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
Jackson City police officer Gary Grant talks with Jimmy Dobson, of Hillsdale, while Hoffman pickets along Bagley Street outside of Country Cafe, 1701 Mitchell St., Tuesday morning. The group that was picketing are employees at Hendrickson Trucking and are currently on strike due to over labor disputes and chose to picket at the cafe while the company owner Jim Hendrickson was eating breakfast.

JACKSON, MI – The Teamsters Local 164 union has filed new unfair labor-practice charges against Jackson’s Hendrickson Trucking Co. as some employees’ jobs appear to be in limbo.

The union alleges that the company, 1070 Toro Drive, refuses to bargain in good faith in a new case filed with the National Labor Relations Board.

As of this week, the union has not heard back from the company, union president Alan Sprague said.

Sprague said the union has been ready and willing to go back to the bargaining table. “They have failed to respond to any request for any information,” he said about Hendrickson Trucking.

Thomas Hendrickson, the company’s in-house attorney, was not immediately available for comment Friday.

Labor contract negotiations have been at an impasse for months now.

Hendrickson Trucking has asked employees to contribute to their health insurance, in addition to other concessions. The company has said the costs to run the business continue to climb every year, and they need employees to make some sacrifices.

Hendrickson Trucking has also filed charges against the union with the NLRB, alleging the union and employees have acted inappropriately and threateningly toward customers and staff. That case was recently dismissed by the board.

In the dismissal letter, the board said Hendrickson Trucking did not have sufficient evidence to support its claims.